Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

1 Special Meeting Last Night-PrOmo l tfons and Appointments of Teacher
 Made-Talk on EnlarginE the Higl Scho0l Recommendation Made t.
 Borrow Money For a New School fl
 the Washington District-Four Hun
 dred Pupils Who Cannot 0btafI
 Seats in the Present Schools in Tha l District.
 The board of education held 8 specia
 meeting last night. All the members wer present.
 as follows:
 l Miss Wright has resigned from No. 1S
 Woolsey school. In Dwight school Bessie L. Kent is pro- l noted from No. to No. 8, salary $500; Lottie J. Thompson, promoted from No. 5 to No. 6. salary $560, and No. 5 is to be filled by appointment from the committee. In Woolsey: Gabel Swift is promoted from No. to No. 10, salary s65O; Lizzie E. Weiss barth from No to No. 8, salary $620; A. c. Ruth Siebke from No. 6 to No. ', salary $500; Carrie A. Parsons from No. 5 to No. 6, salary $560, and Julia A. Robinson from Mo- 3 Ferry street school to No. 5, salary $520.
 Almira H. Day is promoted from No. 2 to No. Ferry street, salary $460, and Lucy A. Griswold from Quinnipiac street school to No. Ferry street, salary $350.
 H. Rosa Burwell is promoted to North Quinnipiac street from Woodward school, salary $450; Caroline F. Hughes to Wood ward school from Training school, $500.
 The finance committee recommended that the board borrow not less than $20, 900 to build new school building in the Washing ton district; recommendation adopted. A new building is needed badly in this district. There are 400 scholars who cannot now be accommodated with seats. No plan of the new building has been decided upon, neither has it exact location, as it has been left until after the school meeting. MT. Zunder incl dentally remarked that eightroom frame building, like the Hallock street building, might be first erected and afterward enlarged as the occasion required.
 c. B. Burwell was appointed janitor of the Woodward school in the Annex.
 Superintendent Dutton's annual report just published, was approved.
 MT. Dutton said that the High school had opened with full attendance, and that all the rooms were crowded. He said that twenty new scholars had been taken into the high classes from the outside districts He gave an interesting review of his trip across the ocean and made statements regarding the various schools he had visited. He would approve the adoption of the Swedish military drill as done in the London schools, where each room or grade had room set apart es- pecially for physical practice. He visited a school on the Hague which was run on the kindergarten plan. No books were used and the teachers went to the playground and the playing of the children.
 He spoke of the necessity which now pre- sented itself for enlarging the High school. He said they needed more loom by all means. He thought $50, ,000 would be enough to build on an addition, and he had no doubt that the benefit to be derived from this ex- penditure would be far greater and felt more than the paying of the interest on this amount.
 President Welch said that he had given the matter considerable thought, and after a careful consideration he deemed the enlarge ment necessary.
 MT. Zunder remarked that if fifty of the outside scholars, who paid 8 tuition were taken out the school would still be crowded.
 A general discussion regarding the matter ! took place. It mentioned that if the school was crowded, that those who came from other districts be refused admission.
 Mir Dutton said he favored the admitting of this class of scholars. h fact he did not see how the taxpaying part could be refused admission if they paid their tuition.
 MT. Zunder asked if the union with the Hopkins Grammar school had been made whether the annual expense would not have been $6, 900. Being answered in the afhrma tive he said it would be cheaper to build an addition to the High school. because the in- crest on the $5O,0O0 would make only an annual expense of $3,O00.
 MT. Peck spoke of the business course, which might be reduced from two years to one. MT. Zunder said if special | building was erected for those who took this | course there might be all the room needed in l he High school.
 President Welch said the best thing for the l board to do would be to prepare a plan of ! he new addition and then to submit it to school meeting to be voted on.-